Updated guidance on pressure ulcer prevention issued
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Updated guidance on pressure ulcer prevention issued

PATIENTS ‘AT risk’ of developing pressure ulcers should be repositioned at least every six hours and those ‘at high risk’ should have their position changed at least every four hours, according to new guidance.

Nursing Older People. 26, 5, 6-6. doi: 10.7748/nop.26.5.6.s4

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